AT&T announced the completion of its nationwide LTE-M Internet of Things (IoT) network ahead of schedule, management announced last week. AT&T’s 4G LTE-M IoT network marks another step forward along AT&T’s path, leading to commercial introduction of next-generation 5G wireless/mobile…
Sprint announced an ambitious and far reaching plan to support next generation IoT devices across its nationwide network. Notably, Sprint is taking advantage of new LTE wireless broadband standards and technology in doing so. In a presentation given at IoT…
Verizon and mobile association GSMA said today that they will partner on eUICC SIM cards for IoT security. The eUICC is a universal integrated circuit card, or SIM, designed to provide security for IoT devices. The partners are developing remote…
Verizon said today that it will turn up a nationwide network to support Internet of Things (IoT) communications tomorrow that will offer rates as low as two dollars per month per device. The network will support LTE Category M1, also…
More people will be using mobile phones than bank accounts worldwide come 2021 – 5.5 billion as compared to 5.4 billion, respectively, according to the 11th annual Cisco mobile traffic forecast. Ongoing strong growth in the world population of mobile…
New data from OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) reveals a mobile broadband penetration rate of 95% in the 35 industrialized nations that comprise the OECD as of June 2016. The number increased from 86% in June 2015. Some…
A new study from Nokia and Machina Research released Jan. 30 explores real-life experiences in 22 smart cities around the world. Offering insights regarding three different smart city strategies, the research partners aim to help identify and establish standard industry…
A new report from 451 Research found 71 percent of enterprises collecting IoT data. That’s an increase of 3 percent from 3Q’16, according to the researchers. Security continues to be the most frequently cited hurdle for Internet of Things (IoT)…
A commercial first happened in England last week, when the first Amazon drone delivery of a package took place. Amazon’s Prime Air is a new drone delivery service that the e-commerce giant hopes to expand dramatically in the coming years,…
UNH-IOL (University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory) announced the launch of its Internet of Things (IoT) IP Testing Services, which among other things will test products wanting to use the IPv6 Ready IoT brand, which will launch in Spring 2017….
AT&T this week launched what the company says is the first LTE-M enabled commercial site, which will support an Internet of Things pilot involving several companies, including PepsiCo, Samsung and others. “We think LTE-M will be the workhorse for low-power…
Comcast yesterday announced a business trial launch of machineQ, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for building business-to-business networks and services. Working with partners, Comcast says it will build proof of concept B2B IoT networks and services that will gather,…
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